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Good points, thanks for that. I guess I have thought about the minority government a little too much when it is an anomaly. I have no problems with the senate.
by jsmeaton 13y ago
Good points, thanks for that. I guess I have thought about the minority government a little too much when it is an anomaly.
I have no problems with the senate. I vote for minority parties (Sex Party last election and this one) because I want protection from the government when required.
- jacques_chester 13y agoI basically miss the Democrats. It's a pity that Stott-Despoja killed them by zagging left.
- nl 13y ago"The Democrats died because they zagging left" narrative is one I've heard before, but it doesn't match the facts. The fall of the Democrat vote mirrors the rise of the Greens vote, and the Greens are way more left leaning than the Democrats ever were. I think their demise had more to do with internal infighting and the Andrew Bartlett drunk in the senate debacle. But yes, I miss them too - they were basically a sensible party who wouldn't do stupid things.
- jacques_chester 13y agoWhen she took the party left, the Greens were already outflanking them. Zagging left cost them the votes they got from Liberal voters. And that was that.